Part of our job in school is to help young people in our care to become independent, responsible and caring adults. All areas of school contribute to this aim, but in order to enhance the personal and social development of our students, we have developed a five-year Personal and Social Education (PSE) course in which all students will participate. Through concentrating on the person in PSE, we try to encourage our students in a positive understanding of them and to help them to become:

BETTER COMMUNICATORS: able to listen, to see other points of view and to put forward their own, clearly and appropriately in different situations.

BETTER DECISION MAKERS: able to make decisions sensibly, having weighed up available evidence.

BETTER PROBLEM SOLVERS: able to solve problems having looked at different possible answers and their consequences.

MORE INDEPENDENT: able to understand the world they live in; having the knowledge upon which to base decisions.

SOCIABLE: able to mix with others and understand social pressures; able to cope confidently and effectively with unfamiliar people or situations.

WHAT WE TEACH

The course throughout each year focuses on four main areas of development: Personal Management, Health and Safety, Personal Relationships and Social Awareness. Topics covered include drug education, money management, citizenship, industrial and economic understanding, careers, local government and world issues such as the environment. We look at problems of adolescence and changing relationships, and issues specifically concerned with sexual relationships are addressed in Years 9, 10 and 11.

J. Laister – P.S.H.C.E. Co-ordinator

The PSHCE Team

Mrs J Laister

Head of PSHCE

Mr Land

Citizenship Coordinator, E-safety and SEAL

Mr Whaley

Healthy Schools Coordinator, Careers

Ms England

Student Voice

Mrs Metcalfe

Diversity

What is PSHCE?

Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is a planned programme of learning opportunities and experiences that help children and young people grow and develop as individuals and as members of families and of social and economic communities.

What are Enrichment Experiences?

There are 6 Enrichment Experiences a year. An Enrichment Experience is a whole day of PSHCE activities focusing on different themes. Pupils will learn though class work, practical activities, group work, workshops by external organisations, presentations, and working with sessions setup by organisations such as the Police, Fire Service, NHS, Better Deal, and Prison Me No Way but to mention a few.

What are the PSHCE Strands?

PSHCE is split into:

•  Exercise and well-being
• Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking
• Healthy Eating
• Sex and Relationship Education (SRE)
• Relationships
• SEAL 
• Career Planning
• Citizenship
• Financial awareness

PSHCE is delivered as follows:

•  Six Enrichment Experiences throughout the year.
• A series of assemblies linked to each experience.
• A three week programme of twice weekly form time activities to prepare students for the Enrichment Experience.
• A three week programme of twice weekly form time activities following the Enrichment Experience for follow up/extension work.
• An overarching programme of enrichment which covers areas of the ECM agenda e.g. Anti-Bullying week, Beat the bullies in- school phone line, school garden citizenship project, cyber bullying awareness, Wear it Pink, Children in Need activities, Road safety awareness, plus many others

PSHCE is also delivered in the formal curriculum as follows:

• Healthy Eating  -  Opening Minds, Food Technology, Science, P.E.
• Exercise and well-being  – P.E. Opening Minds
• SEAL  -  Opening Minds, R.E. , Drama, English.
• Relationships – R.E., Opening Minds, Drama.
• SRE – Science, R.E., Drama.
• Career Planning – Drama, Sport, IT, Connexions.
• Citizenship – Opening Minds, R.E., History.
• Financial awareness – Maths.
• Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking. – Opening Minds, Science, P.E.